Carroll to adjust tax rate in new budget

Property values dropped for first time in three decades, which will affect the 2014 county budget.

By Christopher Brooke, Reporter

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 6:00 am (Updated: April 10, 6:00 am)

HILLSVILLE — Adjusting the real estate tax rate to 68 cents per $100 will make it “revenue neutral” after Carroll County experienced the first drop in property values in three decades, according to a budget presentation at Monday’s supervisors’ meeting.
The reassessment conducted by Wampler-Eanes Appraisal Group reflected a 12 percent decrease in total taxable property values as compared to 2012, the firm’s final report said. The total value came in at $2.33 billion.

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